World Heritage for Tomorrow

6th Annual German-Japanese Colloquium

Jointly organized by:JSPS and BTU Cottbus
Date: February 17–20, 2010
Venue: Cottbus
 

PROGRAM

February 17th

19:00

Reception Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

 

February 18th

09:00

Introduction to JSPS (the organization and its activities)

Hiromi Kawamura (JSPS Tokyo)

 

09:20

What is authentic Hagia Sophia? A Question on Authenticity and History

Prof. Dr. Kenichiro Hidaka (Tsukuba University)

Abstract Hidaka (38 KB)

 

09:40

Conserving mural paintings as intermediate layers between immovable and movable heritage: case studies from Central  and East Asia

Dr. Yoko Taniguchi (Tsukuba University)

Abstract Taniguchi (46 KB)

 

10:00

The UNESCO policy of ‘Filling the Gaps’ concerning the Industrial Heritage: German Mining Sites and Swiss watchmaking cities La Chaux-de-Fond/Le Locle

Dr. Axel Föhl (Landschaftsverband Rheinland)

Abstract Föhl (35 KB)

 

10:20

World Heritage Sites without heritage

Dr. Aylin Orbasli (Oxford Brookes University)

Abstract Orbasli (37 KB)

 

10:40

World Heritage - Who inherits What from Whom?

Prof. Dr. Walther Zimmerli (BTU Cottbus)

Abstract Zimmerli (35 KB)

 

11:00Questions
11:20Coffee Break
11:40Discussion
12:40

Lunch

 

14:00

Conservation of cultural landscape in Shirakawa-go

 Dr. Nobu Kuroda (Tsukuba University)

Abstract Kuroda (42 KB)

 

14:20

Cultural landscapes and forests in Kyoto

Dr. Kazue Fukamachi (Kyoto University)

Abstract Fukamachi (36 KB)

 

14:40

Effectiveness of Buffer Zones: Comparative Study within Natural Heritages in Japan

Prof. Dr. Masahito Yoshida (Edogawa University)

Abstract Yoshida (37 KB)

 

15:00

World Heritage in a Changing Climate

Cathy Daly (Dublin Institute of Technology)

Abstract Daly (36 KB)

 

15:20

World Heritage, Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals: From Sites to System

Sam Merrill (BTU Cottbus)

Abstract Merrill (36 KB)

 

15:40Questions
16:00Coffee Break
16:20Discussion
19:30

Dinner at Lobedan House

 

February 19th

09:00

The Effects of Environmental Degradation and People Management on World Heritage

Dr. Yasushi Mori (Shimane University)

Abstract Mori (16 KB)

 

09:20

Ways of seeing the Landscape in Germany and Japan

Dr. Hirofumi Ueda (Sapporo City University)

Abstract Ueda (37 KB)

 

09:40

The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg-maintenance and restoration

Dr. Gabriele Horn (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg)

Abstract Horn (16 KB)

 

10:00

What, How, For Whom? Thinking about engineering heritage and engineer's intervention

Prof. Dr. Werner Lorenz (BTU Cottbus)

Abstract Lorenz (37 KB)

 

10:20

Stralsund: Conservation and Change

Prof. Dr. Inken Baller (BTU Cottbus)

Abstract Baller (16 KB)

 

10:40

Questions

11:00Coffee Break
11:20Discussion
12:20

Branitz Park and Lunch

 

14:20

Reconstruction boom in Japan: Its significance and background

Dr. Shigeatsu Shimizu (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties):

Abstract Shimizu (36 KB)

 

14:40

The World Heritage Convention: A Mediator Between Culture, Politics and Human Rights?

Smriti Pant (BTU Cottbus)

Abstract Pant (38 KB)

 

15:00

Mediating and presenting the Berlin Wall

Dr. Axel Klausmeier (Stiftung Berliner Mauer)

Abstract Klausmeier (36 KB)

 

15:20

The World Heritage List - Challenges and Threats

Prof. Dr. Boguslaw Szmygin (Lublin University of Technology)

Abstract Szmygin (47 KB)

 

15:40

A Moratorium for the World Heritage List?

Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel (Landesdenkmalamt Berlin)

Abstract Haspel (37 KB)

 

16:00Questions
16:20Coffee Break
16:40

Discussion

 

February 20th

Dresden Excursion (08:20-19:00)